Some mildly amusing police log reports from the centre of mild amusements, Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Thursday Sept 2612:45 p.m. 911 caller said that overnight someone sprayed his house/door with skunk smell. saying that over night someone sprayed his house/door with a skunk smell. He said the smell was overwhelming. Officer responded and said ( Read more... )

I only see it on occasion, but there are a few interesting entries today.

Tuesday, May 28

• 11:39 p.m. Caller said her son called her yesterday to say there was a man on the property. He snapped a photo of the man and asked his mother if he was a gardener. She did not recognize him. He said the man told her he heard waves and wanted to see where ( Read more... )

Yes, it's been a while since we had an entry from the Marblehead Police Log. There are some doozies in here.

Tuesday, April 9

• 8:06 a.m. Blast detail on Front Street.
• 12:30 p.m. Caller stated an MBTA bus took out a piece of her property and continued down Franklin Street. She has contacted transit police who are also responding, but she would like ( Read more... )

Friday, June 29

• 8:27 a.m. - A woman told police she left left her car parked behind a liquor store and was hospitalized. She is now unsure of where the car is. Police told her to call the towing company, but she later was in the police lobby demanding to know where the car was. Again, she was given the towing number. She again demanded to know ( Read more... )

Well, it's been quiet in the Old Town. Until Monday, that is.

• 8:25 a.m. - Someone reported a truck appeared to leak some fuel and it may get into the drain system around Waterside Rd. and West Shore Dr.
• 10:27 a.m. - A caller said a vehicle started tailgating them all the way into Swampscott from Atlantic Ave. and Casino Road. Vehicle possibly ( Read more... )

There was quite a bit of wind in Marblehead last week. The constabulary were quite busy.

Friday, March 2

9:04 a.m. Caller reported the metal guard on a street light coming off. Electric Light said it would probably have to stay like that. Just like New Englanders: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. 9:46 a.m. Captains Walk caller ( Read more... )

I think that some of the entries this week really are over the top. None of this kind of thing happened when I was living there. Of course, that was 48 years ago and apparently things have changed.

Wednesday, Feb. 1412:57 p.m. Caller said there were three men by the Info Booth holding up a sign saying “Ashes” and appeared to be giving out ashes ( Read more... )

The logs seem to be coming through more regularly these days. The star of this entry is the man on the railroad right-of-way. He was in quite a hurry, it seems.

Tuesday, Dec. 12

• A citizen reported finding a lost credit card at the Marblehead Bank.
• A caller reported a friend of a friend was at a Rowland Street home allegedly stealing snowboards. ( Read more... )

One of those weeks in the Old Town.

Tuesday, Oct. 24

7:12 a.m. State Police called with a complaint from a resident who said her neighbor has a rug that needs to be checked for hazardous materials. Rug was folded up and put in the hallway. I had a rug like that. It crawled off on its own.11:52 a.m. Two walk-ins came into the station to report ( Read more... )

Relatively benign this week, if you don't count the woman who doesn't know how to stop, the verbal fighting over a tree, the very noisy directorial début, and the burglary on Cod Almighty.

Thursday, August 17

• Police responded to a report of a woman being harassed via email on Aug. 17. A voicemail was left by an officer for the man to stop the ( Read more... )